Two teenagers were treated for hypothermia after a kayak capsized on the Piscataquog River in Manchester on Friday.

Firefighters were called to the river about 11 a.m., but the teens were out of the water when firefighters arrived at Varney Street.

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Resident Alice Huard said she heard and saw the teens in trouble.

"I heard screaming, 'Help me! Help me!' and I looked out and I saw a kid floating down the river in, I think it was, a kayak," Huard said. "And then all of a sudden, I saw the kayak flip over, and he's screaming even more, so I ran back inside and called 911."

Huard said she hadn't seen that another neighbor was also outside at the time, and he helped the teens get to shore.

"He grabbed a rope, ran down there and threw a rope to him," she said. 'He threw it to him and rescued him just before the fire trucks got here."

The youths were taken to Elliot Hospital to be checked out, but fire officials said they are expected to be fine. Chief Robert Corbeil said the story is a cautionary tale for others as the weather gets warmer.

"I'm not sure what they were doing," he said. "But they shouldn't be in the water if they didn't have life jackets on. The water is extremely cold, and you could end up succumbing to the water in 15 minutes."

News 9 was unable to contact the neighbor who performed the rescue. One of the teenagers sent an email to the station, saying he wanted to thank the unidentified stranger who came to his aid.